County School Textbook Study Reported
A county committee on English textbook recommendations met Wednesday with seven of 13 contacted book companies in the office of County Superintendent George E. Christman to finalize decisions. Members including Alfred Gendemalik and Rome Canaan will submit findings to the County School Board for approval as state law shifts to a four year review cycle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George E. Christman
Alfred Gendemalik
Rome Canaan
Oda Gillogly
County School Board
Weather pattern holds with cool temps across region
An unchanged weather pattern persisted with cloudy skies and near freezing conditions. Rural Hamley Run reported 9 a.m. temperature at 33 degrees, three degrees above the early morning low. Tuesday’s extremes were 39 and 22.
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Hamley Run
D T McAfee Rites Set For Mineral Resident
Funeral services are planned Thursday at 2 p.m. for Delmer T. Dell McAfee 81 who died Tuesday in Sheltering Arms Hospital after years of illness He was born in Vinton County and lived near Mineral He was a retired coal miner and farmer Survivors include his wife Letha three sons Everett Owen and H Wayne and 16 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren The Rev Carroll Chesser will officiate at Mineral Methodist Church Burial will be at New Marshfield Friends may call at Dowler Ferguson Hughes funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delmer T
Dell) McAfee
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Vinton County
Mineral
Letha
Everett D
Indianapolis
Ind
Owen L
Waynesville
H. Wayne
Mansfield
Carroll Chesser
Mineral Methodist Church
McAfee
New Marshfield
Dowler- Ferguson-Hughes
Narrow Intersection Collision At City Corner
City police investigated a collision at the narrow S Congress President Street intersection Tuesday night. Kermit Van Nest 22 Athens stopped on Congress when Delbert Davis 17 Parkersburg West Virginia turned north on Congress striking the Van Nest car. No injuries were reported.
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S. Congress
President St
Kermit van Nest
Athens
Congress
Delbert Davis
Parkersburg
W. Va
van Nest
Pomeroy Driver Fined and Jailed for DWI
Roy F Burton 54 of Pomeroy was fined 125 dollars plus costs in Athens County Court after a State Highway Patrol arrest for driving while intoxicated. Judge Edward Stanley also imposed a five day jail sentence.
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Pomeroy
Athens
State Highway Patrol
Roy F. Burton
Edward Stanley
Glouster Man Jesse Jennings Sentenced in C P Court
Jesse Jennings of Glouster was convicted on a concealed weapons charge after a guilty plea. Common Pleas Court fined $500 and court costs of $23.58, plus a six month jail term with 58 days credit for time served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Jennings
Glouster
Common Pleas
Jennings
Fire squad takes Lloyd Martin to hospital after illness near home
Lloyd Martin aged 42 of 33 Hooper Street was rushed to Sheltering Arms Hospital by the fire department emergency squad at 10 54 am Wednesday after becoming ill near his home according to Fire Chief Charles W Dalton.
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Lloyd Martin
Hooper St
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Fire Department
Charles W. Dalton
Guyville Savannah Lodge Set to Meet Thursday Evening
Guyville Savannah Lodge 46 announces a Thursday 7 30 p m meeting with the entered apprentice degree to be conferred and refreshments served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guysville
Savannah
OU Grad Speaks at Nelsonville Open House on Unemployment
Ohio University graduate William J. Muldoon chief of procedures and training for the Ohio Bureau of Unemployment Compensation will speak at 7 30 p m at the Elks Club in Nelsonville. The event co sponsors the Hocking Athens County area for the BUC and the Hocking Valley CIO AFL Council. Muldoon will explain Ohio unemployment law focusing on claims and benefit payments and a Q A session will follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Muldoon
Ohio University
Ohio Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Nelsonville
Muldoon
BUC
Athens
Elks Club
Hocking
Athens County
Hocking Valley Cio-Afl Council
Homer Schein
Ohio
Safety Good Turn Campaign Gathers Scout Support
Fifteen Hock-Hocking district units pledge to cooperate in the 1958 Safety Good Turn campaign. The program by Boy Scouts Cub Scouts and Explorers runs in three phases starting with highway and traffic safety in spring, outdoor safety in June, and home safety in fall. Den mothers are Joan Moore Mary Trace Mae Loney Pat Faires and Verna Grubbs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hock-Hocking
Boy Scouts of America
Boy Scouts
Cub Scouts
Explorers
Joan Moore
Mary Trace
Mae Loney
Pat Faires
Verna Grubbs
District Scout Commissioner's Meeting Names New Hock-Hocking Unit Leaders
Wilbur Mender chaired a Friday evening service-to-units staff meeting at Nelsonville Knights hall. Five new neighborhood commissioners were assigned to units in the Hock-Hocking district, including Ralph Hines Glouster Pack 71 Troop 72 and James Pritchard Nelsonville Pack and Troops 64 66, Lyle Dunsmoor Athens Pack and Troops 77, Dick Rypma Athens Troops 50 58, Ray Charmichael Athens Troop 51 and Pack 53. Ralph Scott will head the cubbing program and Don Niesse will continue in charge of the scouting program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur Mender
Knights of Pythias
Nelsonville
Hock-Hocking
Ralph Hines
Glouster
James Pritchard
Lyle Dunsmoor
Athens
Dick Rypma
Ray Charmichael
Ralph Scott
Don Niesse
Pow Wow at First Presbyterian Church Parkersburg
The Kootaga Area Council holds its annual Pow Wow Sunday at the First Presbyterian Church parish house in Parkersburg West Virginia with the circus days theme. Cub leaders will train in handicrafts ceremonies stunts and skits administration and program planning and Webelos activities. Dr. E P Lynn council leadership training chairman presides and Rev Hughes Phillips of Parkersburg will present Boy Nature during the evening session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kootaga Area
First Presbyterian Church
Parkersburg
W. Va
E. P. Lynn
Hughes Phillips
Glouster Pack 71 Rechartered with 29 Cubs for 1958
Glouster Pack 71 was rechartered registering 29 cubs for 1958 with Robert Byers as institutional representative and Charles Riley as committee chairman. Frank Grubbs, present cub master since the pack’s start, will continue in that role. David B. Christian appointed assistant.
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Glouster
Robert Byers
Charles Riley
Frank Grubbs
David B. Christian
Roundtable and Meeting At First Presbyterian Church
The monthly district roundtable and business meeting will be held at the First Presbyterian Church Thursday at 7 30 p m. All institutional representatives scoutmasters cubmasters and den mothers are urged to attend. The roundtable theme is Save our Soil directed by Dr Willard Carmean of the U S Forest Research Center. The cubbing theme Keep America Beautiful directed by Assistant District Commissioner Ralph Scott.
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First Presbyterian Church
Save Our Soil
Willard Carmean
U. S. Forest Research Center
America
Ralph Scott
Three Drivers Fined After Patrol Arrests
Three drivers were fined $10 and costs in area courts Tuesday after State Highway Patrol arrests. Roy McKinley and Paul Ringhiser of Logan faced fines by Judge Vaughn Collins for parking on the traveled portion of the highway. Francis Graham of Glouster was fined by Chauncey Mayor Charles Wadley for improper passing.
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State Highway Patrol
Vaughn Collins
Hocking
Roy McKinley
Paul Ringhiser
Logan
Chauncey
Charles Wadley
Francis Graham
Glouster
Outdoor Theater Re Opening Plans For Spring Return
The Valley Drive In Theater will reopen Saturday after a winter shutdown. Co owners Frank Nolan and Frank X Rauch Jr announce the start of its tenth year with interior and exterior redecorations including a new snack bar and box office. New film projection lamps will boost illumination by about 30 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Nolan
Frank X. Rauch, Jr
Athens men receive February selective service releases
Thirteen Athens Countians obtained official military releases in February per Selective Service headquarters. Air Force releases include James F. Shinn Trimble Thomas L. Dexter and William H. Hall of Nelsonville. Army releases cover Alvin G. Saunders Thomas J. Sheridan Larry M. Scriver Joseph O Dowdell Willard C. Reeder of Athens and David R. Gilden Sonny C. West of Athens.
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Athens
Armed Forces
Selective Service
Air Force
James F. Shinn
Trimble
Thomas L. Dexter
William H. Hall
Nelsonville
Army
Alvin G. Saunders
Thomas J. Sheridan
Larry M.scriver
Joseph O., Dowdell
Willard C. Reeder
David R. Gilden
Sonny C. West
Dr John H Shrigley Dies at 50 in Chillicothe
Dr John H Shrigley aged 50 died Wednesday evening in Chillicothe. He was an Ohio University and Ohio Dental College graduate, Sigma Pi member, Christian Church follower, and World War II Medical Corps veteran. Survived by wife Marit, daughter Sally, mother Mrs H S Shrigley, and brother Dr R S Shrigley. Funeral arrangements planned by Dowler Ferguson Hughes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Shrigley
Chillicothe
Ohio University
Ohio Dental College
Sigma Pi Fraternity
The
Christian Church
Shrigley
Marit
Sally
H. S. Shrigley
Athens
R. S Shrigley
Altus
Oklo
Dowler-Ferguson- Hughes Funeral Home
Shelterin g Arms Hospital Notes
Dismissed list shows patients from McArthur Welliston The Plains Guysville Albany Athens and Millfield with routes and a note of blood use: one pint. Names include Mrs Wesley Hughes Rickie Arthur Robert Dearing Mrs Waldo Buck Mrs Roy Cline Clarence Taylor and son Clarence Penrod Harry Warden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Hughes
McArthur
Rickie Arthur
Welliston
Robert Dearing
the Plains
Waldo Buck
Guysville
Roy Cline
Clarence Taylor
Millfield
John Mingus
Albany
Clarence Penrod
Athens
Harry Warden
Five Drivers Waive Bonds in Municipal Court
Five drivers waived appearance and forfeited bonds in Municipal Court on charges by the State Highway Patrol. Richard D. Keenan of Parma posted 30 dollars for unsafe operation. Charles Blair of Nelsonville 10 dollars for failing to obey a stop sign. Paul Molihan of Radcliff 15 dollars for improper passing. Wayne Fabian of Cleveland 30 dollars for reckless operation. Robert Rowan of Mary Street 15 dollars for driving left of center line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Patrol
Richard D. Keenan
Parma
Charles M. Blair
Nelsonville
Paul F. Molihan
Radcliff
Wayne Walter
Fabian
Cleveland
Robert S. Rowan
Mary St
Sugar Creek Man Fined for Intoxication in Municipal Court
Cecil Perry, 47, Sugar Creek, was fined $100 and costs after pleading guilty to intoxication in Municipal Court. He was confined to the county jail for non payment of the fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Perry
Sugar Creek
Marriage Licenses Are Issued for Perry and Smith Pair
Frank S. Perry aged 48 of Albany weds Lois E. Smith aged 45 of Glouster, with licenses issued for the union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank S. Perry
Albany
Lois E. Smith
Glouster
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Athens Retail Merchants Association
Charles Ramseth
P. O. Nichols
Fred Swearingen
Sam Altman
James Cumley
Francis Fuller
Andrew Kovlan
Bany
Julia Starlin
Ames Bern
Crystal Simms
Robert D Robinson
Carthage Troy
Lillian Freimark
Shade
Leroy Stein
William Bartels
Inez Curry
Waterloo
Helen Jeddelph
York
Ohio River
Westinghouse
Fountain
Athens Appliance & TV Co
D. T. McAfee
Ethel Knowlton McAfee
W. J. Muldoon
Jaynes
Unique
E. State Street
Athens, Ohio
Boyd C. Sidwell
Frost
Charles W. Pierce
New Marsh
James R. Birbeck
Coolville and Field
Dr. Shrigley
Mmartins Weary
Wala
Richland
Gsds
Federal Reserve System
Earl Sez
Earl F. Mathews, Inc
General Insurance
Earl A. Hooper Earl F. Mathews
Athens County Insurance Agents Assn
Security Bank
Luckoff
Wtvn-Tv
Columbus
Bock
St. Patrick's Day
Bill Bescoe
W. Union St
West Fairgrounds Gate
Ney
Homart
Sears Logan
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Logan, Ohio
Sears
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